To call the eco-friendly garments made by Indarra DTX "smart" is quite a bit of a stretch, but this Buenos Aires firm does make some stylish techno-garb to power your personal devices and control your iPod.

What intrigues me here is the dubious relationship between coupling "high tech" + "sustainable." Can wearable garments really be "eco-friendly"? How near is "green" electronics in our future? Until then, we can, at the very least, incorporate eco-materials into our wearables, following in the steps of Julieta Gayoso.

Julieta Gayoso has she has developed a series of garments that incorporate eco-materials, fabric-treatments and applied technology with different purposes.

My favorites are the Lyocell and bamboo t-shirts screen-printed with photochromic ink . Lyocell is a sustainable material produced from the cellulosic fibre of wood. The pocket on the T houses your mobile devices. The Ts will run you $45 while the most expensive product, the Solar Powered Jacket, costs around $400.


via Rueters and treehugger